Professor
Email: 2022010236@hust.edu.cn
Academic Areas: Energy Application, Soft Materials Engineering, and Software development
Research Interests: Soft Matter, Thermal Transport, Molecular Dynamics, Electric Permittivity, Chemical Informatics, and Machine Learning
Academic Degrees
PhD, 2016, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, United States
Bachelor, 2011, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
Professional Experience
Professor (2022-present), School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
Senior Scientist (2016-2022) Platform & MS Software Development, Schrödinger, Inc., New York City, United States
Lecturer (2016), Intermediate Heat Transfer (AME 60634-01), University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, United States
Selected Publications
1.R Shrestha, Y Luan, X Luo, S Shin, T Zhang, P Smith, W Gong, et al., Dual-mode solid-state thermal rectification, Nature Communications, 2020, 11 (1), 4346
2.R Shrestha, Y Luan, S Shin, T Zhang, X Luo, JS Lundh, W Gong, et al., High-contrast and reversible polymer thermal regulator by structural phase transition, Science advances, 2019, 5 (12), eaax3777
3.T Zhang, AR Gans-Forrest, E Lee, X Zhang, C Qu, Y Pang, F Sun, T Luo, Role of hydrogen bonds in thermal transport across hard/soft material interfaces, ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2016, 8 (48), 33326-33334
4.T Zhang, T Luo, Giant thermal rectification from polyethylene nanofiber thermal diodes, Small, 2015, 11 (36), 4657-4665
5.T Zhang, T Luo, High-contrast, reversible thermal conductivity regulation utilizing the phase transition of polyethylene nanofibers, ACS nano, 2013, 7 (9), 7592-7600
Awards:
Green Card (EB1-A, Alien of Extraordinary Ability) 2020
Center for Research Computing (CRC) Award for Computational Sciences and Visualization) 2016
国家优秀自费留学生奖学金 2016
Best Paper Award for Society-Wide Micro and Nanotechnology Forum (IMECE) 2015
Courses Taught
Intermediate Heat Transfer
Project
High-throughput Molecular Dynamics Simulation:
1.Polymer Chain and Amorphous Cell Builder
2.United Atom Force Field Typing and Assignment
3.Parameterization between Density Functional Theory and All-atom / United / Coarse-grained models
4.Multi-scale Coupling between All-atom, United-atom, and Coarse-grained models
5.Transport Properties including Thermal Conductivity, Diffusivity, and Viscosity
6.Mechanical Properties including Elasticity, Viscoelasticity, and Plasticity
7.Dielectric Constant and Conductivity
8.Machine Learning and Database for Functional Material Design
9.Graphic Interface Design and Implementation
10.Workflow Automation and High-Performance Computing Deployment
